About 20,000 people in the United States have ALS at any given time with 5,000 new cases diagnosed every year. Persons of all races and ethic groups are afflicted by the disease, although men are more likely to have it than women.
The cause of sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ( about 90% of cases) is largely unknown but probably involves a combination of genetic and environmental factors. About 10 percent of people with...
Its a autoimmune disease. That means your immune system attacts your own body/nervous system. ALS just happens. Its nothing you have done or have not done. It usually affacts more females than males....
It depends on what age you are. If your a minor then your between 0-18 years old. If your a middle class, then your between 18-50 years old. Lastly, if your older than 50, then your considered a...
ALS stands for Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease.
It's a neurodegenerative disease that attacks the motor neurons, and the brain loses its ability to control the...